desolation
part of speech
noun (desolations)
meaning for a pupil
1) Desolation is a state of being empty, ruined and bare, with nothing living. tree →
2) Desolation is great sadness and loneliness. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Leviticus it is part of the warning of what would happen if Israel broke the covenant. Interpretation: Tradition reads the warning as a call to keep the covenant. Later teachers connected it with the exile and the destruction of the Temple. In the primary lessons: in tales, a land or town left ruined after a flood, war or storm.
examples
- And I will bring the land into desolation; and your enemies that dwell therein shall be astonished at it. (Torah LEV.26.32, JPS 1917) tree →
- And I will make your cities a waste, and will bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. (Torah LEV.26.31, JPS 1917) tree →
- And you will I scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you; and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste. (Torah LEV.26.33, JPS 1917) tree →
- How are they become a desolation in a moment! (Writings PSA.73.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! (Prophets JER.50.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- Terror and the pit are come upon us, desolation and destruction. (Writings LAM.3.47, JPS 1917) tree →
- The flood left only desolation behind. tree →
- We walked through the desolation of the burnt village. tree →
- Her desolation grew each day. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
- And I will bring the land into desolation; and your enemies that dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
- So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap for ever, even a desolation, unto this day.
- In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten unto ruin.
- Thy holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
- And this whole land shall be a desolation, and a waste; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
Trees and pragmatics
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